In retirement he applied this talent to writing numerous delightful, witty, incisively-argued and persuasive letters on subjects ranging from the relationship between Civil Service and Government and the dangers of a single European currency to the proper design of a squirrel baffle for a bird table.
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You might get away with putting the chick on top of something tall and difficult to climb ( like a wheelie bin or bird table ), but generally if the parents don't manage to take care of the fellow and get it flying, its only hope of survival is probably you hand-rearing it ( so, taking it inside, in a lined box, and feeding it and providing it with water ) . talk ) 02 : 23, 7 July 2009 ( UTC)
